Blog Posts about Re-Animator

"King of Underground Cinema" Eric Stanze is a huge SKINspiration to all of us here at Skin Central. A lifelong cinema devotee, Eric knew from a very young age that he wanted to become a filmmaker.

And with an independent spirit that would make his childhood idol, Dawn of the Dead (1978) legend and creator of the modern zombie film George Romero, proud, that's exactly what he did. Eric founded his own production company, Wicked Pixel Pictures, when he was in his early twenties, and has gone on to direct six films and produce many more under the Wicked Pixel imprint.

Though he's best known among horror fans for transgressive films that push the limits of cinematic violence and sexuality, Eric's films span a wide variety of horror and exploitation genres from atmospheric ghost stores (Deadwood Park, 2007) to rape-and-revenge films (I Spit on Your Corpse, I Piss on Your Grave, 2001) to brutal serial-killer flicks (Scrapbook, 2000).

His newest film is Ratline (2011), starring his frequent leading lady Emily Haack as a fugitive who stumbles into the dangerous world of Nazi occultism while on the run from a botched drug-money heist. Ratline has been praised by critics for its unique vision and intense thrills; Popmatters.com calls it "One of the most original horror experiences of the past decade".

We caught up with Eric at Wicked Pixel HQ in St. Louis, where he talked with Skin Central about his cinematic inspirations, the state of indie filmmaking in the Internet age, and what's coming next.

Read Skin Central's interview with Eric Stanze after the jump!

Boobalicious blonde Barbara Crampton, star of 80's horror flicks great (Re-Animator, 1985) and not so great (Chopping Mall, 1986), is returning to the horror game with You're Next, which started principal photography in Missouri this week. It's not yet clear what part she'll be playing in the film, directed by Adam Wingard, but production company Snoot Entertainment promises "a fresh spin" on the typically brutal and intense home invasion subgenre (think Funny Games or High Tension):

"In 'You're Next' the Davison family comes under attack from a terrifying group of sadistic murderers during a family reunion getaway. Barricaded in their secluded vacation home, they fight off a barrage of axes, crossbows and machetes from both inside and outside the house. However, the masked killers didn't count on Erin (Vinson), the young girlfriend of the eldest Davison son whose mysterious past has made her very difficult to kill."

Barbara has been working mostly in soap operas for the past decade, so fright fans who have been missing her lovely face (and awesome anatomy)- like Mr. Skin- are looking forward to her return to scream queen form. But will she bare those fabulous funbags, now aged to perfection like a fine wine? It would be downright sadistic not to!

Check out the very breast of Barbara with our brand spanking new Barbara Crampton: 80s Scream Queen Nude playlist!

They've got beauty . . . and brrraiiiiiiinnnnns.

Sultry stars are always a welcome sight in horror films. There's nothing like a beautiful face and drop-dead sexy body to balance out blood and gore.

In zombie films, it's always nice to have some actual live, warm flesh to balance out the rotting kind, so for today's top 10 list, we're honoring the sexiest stars of the greatest zombie movies. Whether they're zombie killers, like Milla Jovovich, or the undead themselves, like Jenna Jameson nude in Zombie Strippers, these horny hotties will get you in the Halloween spirit.

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Mr. Skin’s DVD Pick of the Week

Assassination of a High School President (2008)
STUDIO: Sony
NUDE: Mischa Barton (breasts)
The dark comedy Assassination of a High School President (2008) stars Reece Thompson as a reporter on the school newspaper who uncovers a vast and evil conspiracy after he mistakenly accuses student-body president and popular jock Patrick James Taylor of stealing a stack of SAT tests. Mischa Barton appears as the disgraced jock’s girlfriend who mysteriously starts making moves on Reece after her boyfriend’s fall from grace. Mischa gets a B average in Toplessness 101 when she bares both boobs in the tub three separate times. If she stood up, she could raise her grade (among other things).

Tits the season to jack your lantern! Join Mr Skin now in a countdown of the most arousing fright fests ever made. From flesh-packed slasher flicks to lesbian vampire chow-downs to haunted houses filled with screaming hotties, this randy round-up of more-than-just-hair-raising horror hits won’t leave you with a hollow wiener.

Be sure to check out the final 10!

20. American Psycho (2000)

NUDES: Samantha Mathis (breasts), Cara Seymour (breasts, lesbian), Krista Sutton (breasts, butt, lesbian), Guinevere Turner (breasts)

THE SCARY-HOT SKINNY: Adapted from a notorious novel by Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho showcases future Batman Christian Bale as a 1980s Wall Street yuppie who lives in high style and kills with equally high intensity. In addition to Samantha Mathis sharing her mammaries, Chloë Sevigny and Reese Witherspoon also sexily heat up the screen. Still, it’s Bale’s deadly dalliance with two classy call girls (Cara Seymour and Krista Sutton) that renders American Psycho a skin classic. After all, this film contains the ultimate incitement to lesbian analingus: “Don’t just stare at it, eat it!”

See more after the jump!

Throughout the Month of October, Count Down the Sexiest Nude Horror Movie Hotties of All Time!

Number 15: Barbara Crampton

Before the cult horror classic Re-Animator, buxom blonde Barbara Crampton was a soap opera starlet who finally busted out bare on the big screen in Brian DePalma’s kink-fest, Body Double.

But it was as the Dean's daughter in Re-Animator -- in which her extended, utterly indelible nude scene redefines the literal concept of getting head -- that Barbara forever solidified her status as a Scream Queen Supreme.

That same year, Barbara peeled down in the teen sex comedy favorite Fraternity Vacation and, from there, she became one of the mid-’80s most awesomely unclothed figures in whacked-out cinema.

Barbara nakedly re-teamed with the makers of Re-Animator for From Beyond and Castle Freak, and went topless in the gorily lovable Chopping Mall.

The screams we salute you with, Barbara Crampton, are of ecstasy. Provided by you.

September morn'. Back to school. Leaves starting to turn. Crisp hints of autumn breeze through the last blasts of Indian summer. And, of course, naked chicks on DVD. Here's our round-up of what'll get you cracking more than books this month.

A favorite of both MrSkin.com and Mr. Skin himself, Debbie Rochon (Picture: 1 - 2 has cordially sat down for her first skintastic skinterview in three years. Dazzling Debbie is a long-exalted, abundantly bodacious B-movie queen who makes men weak in the knees and strong where it counts. She also co-hosts Fangoria Radio with Twisted Sister maniac Dee Snider on Sirius Satellite Radio. What else is Debbie up to? Read on and find out.